splendid
/ˈsplɛndɪd/adjective
splendid is spelled S-P-L-E-N-D-I-D. The wrong spelling people search most is splended: about 70 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 76 of all searches for the word. Splendid is an adjective meaning “Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright”.
How many letters and syllables are in splendid?
| Letters | 8: S-P-L-E-N-D-I-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.6 times per million words; the 10,358th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, splended, about 70 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell splendid?
Splendid is spelled S-P-L-E-N-D-I-D. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 76 of the searches for splendid in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is splendid?
Splendid appears 5.6 times per million words in written English, the 10,358th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce splendid?
- US /ˈsplɛndɪd/
Splendid has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-splendid.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with splendid?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as splendid from its last stressed vowel (/ɛndɪd/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of splendid
- splendider comparative
- more splendid comparative
- splendidest superlative
- most splendid superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does splendid mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright.
a splendid sun
- 2
Gorgeous; magnificent; sumptuous; of remarkable beauty.
a splendid palace
- 3
Brilliant, excellent, of a very high standard.
November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk Hart had to make two splendid saves as Van Persie and Di María took aim and Fellaini should really have done better
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Splendid in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | splendide , fameux |
| German | glänzend , hervorragend , prächtig |
| Portuguese | esplêndido |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does splendid come from?
From Latin splendidus, from splendere (“to shine”) + -idus (“adjective forming suffix”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).